Do you have niche needs/builds that people don't understand?

[dizmo]

13 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Freesync and gsync monitors. Plus some games play better with the 470 (fewer frame dips) others with the 1080.

Hmmmm interesting. And somewhat shocking.

13 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Looks like this: 

 

ignore the tabs, thats my theme being broken

I see.

Is it quite a large phone? My fat thumbs probably couldn't type on that keyboard.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, dizmo said:

Hmmmm interesting. And somewhat shocking.

I see.

Is it quite a large phone? My fat thumbs probably couldn't type on that keyboard.

Its a 6.44in "phone", but I did the same on my previous 5.5in phone. I have very large hands.

[handymanshandle]

My build is a bit of a niche, I have 8 cores and 16 threads but I mostly game or web browser...

[mrchow19910319]

I have a i7 8700 and a GTX 1060 3GB and a 1440p monitor.

 

bite me.

 

./s

[light-v]

7 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I have a i7 8700 and a GTX 1060 3GB and a 1440p monitor.

 

bite me.

 

./s

I'd totally do that with even weaker hardware 

[mrchow19910319]

2 minutes ago, light-v said:

I'd totally do that with even weaker hardware 

ive always go overkill on my cpu cos it cost more to upgrade. 

 

and it is relatively easy to swap out the GPU...

also I cant justify spending too much on GPU cos I dont game that much. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

I got three Piledriver builds. People would say there was no good reason to go FX regardless of use case, but of course they were wrong  

[TheRandomness]

I use the rather unknown form factor of Mini-STX due to the fact that it's so small.

[asus killer]

i'm a cheap bastard 

[Princess Luna]

My favourite form factor is micro-ATX, all my personal builds are always micro-ATX and well usually 80% of people go ATX and the other 20% is Mini-ITX hehehe

 

I just don't like ATX, empty unused room since I don't need much expansion cards and my favourite cases are Cooler Master micro-ATX ones.

[light-v]

28 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

My favourite form factor is micro-ATX, all my personal builds are always micro-ATX and well usually 80% of people go ATX and the other 20% is Mini-ITX hehehe

 

I just don't like ATX, empty unused room since I don't need much expansion cards and my favourite cases are Cooler Master micro-ATX ones.

mATX is a great format because it's the right balance between expansion slots and space utilisation I think it is objectively the ideal format for most people I'm just partial to ITX and smaller because space efficiency is something I never get tired of 

[Jtalk4456]

i still like optical drives...

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

TrackPoint/ Pointing Stick input. People always tell me oh trackpads are so much better and more accurate though. Yea, but I hate constantly moving my entire hand just to scroll down a page or quickly select something as I'm typing. 

[Drak3]

20 hours ago, dizmo said:

Hmmmm interesting. And somewhat shocking.

How is that shocking?

[Godlygamer23]

On 3/29/2018 at 7:42 PM, light-v said:

I think non tech people in general don't understand us techies as we're pretty niche already 

Yeah, but think niche techie. Things that even fellow techies may not even understand.

[Godlygamer23]

5 hours ago, Jtalk4456 said:

i still like optical drives...

I actually have one in my main build.

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

How is that shocking?

That the 470 would play games better than a 1080.

[Drak3]

Just now, dizmo said:

That the 470 would play games better than a 1080.

My experience, AMD cards have better minimums. My 1080, 1070, and 2GB 860m drops to the 20s a bit too often in some games (Hitman and GTA V), whereas my 2GB HD7750 and 1GB HD7770 GHz edition seldom go under 30. The 470 seldom goes under 40.

[Cole5]

On 3/29/2018 at 6:25 PM, violentnumeric said:

I'm insanely impatient and I never turn my computer off because I NEED to be able to access something in seconds, not a few minutes or more.

Use an SSD, My laptop fires up in under 10 seconds from power off

[dizmo]

6 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

My experience, AMD cards have better minimums. My 1080, 1070, and 2GB 860m drops to the 20s a bit too often in some games (Hitman and GTA V), whereas my 2GB HD7750 and 1GB HD7770 GHz edition seldom go under 30. The 470 seldom goes under 40.

Yeah I did notice that. I think it's also true with AMD CPU's. It's such a shame their higher end cards just aren't quite there. Either they're too expensive, too power hungry, or the performance is just a little too low.

[themctipers]

16:10

the hatred for a numpad on a laptop keyboard

jailbroken iPhone

>8GB of ram

windows scaling is actually good and usable 

the need for hard drive activity indicators

 

[Watashi]

I'm not exactly sure if people don't understand it, are just surprised because it isn't the exact style that most tech tubers do their builds in, or a combination.

I typically use mItx, softtubing for the processor, and air cooled GPU.

[light-v]

5 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

I'm not exactly sure if people don't understand it, are just surprised because it isn't the exact style that most tech tubers do their builds in, or a combination.

I typically use mItx, softtubing for the processor, and air cooled GPU.

Well usually people who never actually have to move with their PC or live in giant a house tend to think that sff is pointless (because they have no use for that) but I live away from my home country so I'm regular traveler and I hate gaming laptops (and I'm not shy about that) but I get the "just get a laptop" comment regardless 

[Watashi]

Just now, light-v said:

-cut-

I understand that opinion. And there is nothing wrong with it.

[TheRandomness]

Oh and one more thing
I like my everything hot, loud, and power hungry.